Hardin vs Wood Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Hardin and Wood Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Hardin and Wood Heights are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wood Heights has the higher population (783 vs 683 in Hardin). Wood Heights has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $75,606 in Hardin). Wood Heights has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $96,700 in Hardin).

Population, income & housing

	Hardin	Wood Heights
Population	683	783
Median age	33.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,606	$85,417
Median home value	$96,700	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,200
Housing units	286	291
Homeownership rate	74.6%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardin	Wood Heights
Population	609 → 683 (+12.2%)	672 → 783 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$49,643 → $75,606 (+52.3%)	$71,136 → $85,417 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$65,600 → $96,700 (+47.4%)	$126,300 → $187,500 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,000 (-0.9%)	$930 → $1,200 (+29.0%)

Hardin

Population

609683

Median household income

$49,643$75,606

Median home value

$65,600$96,700

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,000

Wood Heights

Population

672783

Median household income

$71,136$85,417

Median home value

$126,300$187,500

Median gross rent

$930$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardin	Wood Heights
Under 5	4.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	20.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.7%
75 and over	4.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardin	Wood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardin	Wood Heights
No high school diploma	9.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	49.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardin	Wood Heights
Drove alone	73.3%	90.1%
Carpooled	15.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardin	Wood Heights
1-unit, detached	99.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hardin	Wood Heights
Poverty rate	9.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1951	1975